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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peck  \Peck\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pecked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pecking}.]  [See  {Pick},  v.] 
  1.  To  strike  with  the  beak;  to  thrust  the  beak  into  as  a 
  bird  pecks  a  tree. 
 
  2.  Hence:  To  strike,  pick  thrust  against,  or  dig  into  with 
  a  pointed  instrument;  especially,  to  strike,  pick  etc., 
  with  repeated  quick  movements. 
 
  3.  To  seize  and  pick  up  with  the  beak,  or  as  with  the  beak; 
  to  bite;  to  eat;  --  often  with  up  --Addison. 
 
  This  fellow  pecks  up  wit  as  pigeons  peas.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  To  make  by  striking  with  the  beak  or  a  pointed 
  instrument;  as  to  peck  a  hole  in  a  tree. 




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